Tag: #NorthwesTel

A “network issue” disrupted cellular, internet and long-distance phone services in Jean Marie River Thursday, impacting five other communities before being resolved the next day.
While local phone services in Jean Marie River were unaffected...

Yellowknife is often described as a place of great isolation - a tiny community nestled in the heart of a virtually uninhabited wilderness, far from the teeming cities of the south.
But on certain occasions,...

The modern age of communication has been badly interrupted by spotty and undependable Internet and cell services to Rankin Inlet during the past few months.
The community also saw its Canada Post outlet forced to...

After internet and cellphone service went out in Yellowknife and surrounding communities for most of Saturday, Northwestel is confirming the RCMP is investigating.
"The outage was due to damage to fibre infrastructure leading into Yellowknife,"...

Hay River could soon have some of the best Internet service across Canada's three territories. Northwestel, one of the largest Internet providers in the North, is in the process of replacing ageing infrastructure with...

Northwestel plans to reimburse Rankin Inlet customers who have been experiencing extended service outages over the past few months.
Customers have been complaining about periodic outages in cell and Internet connectivity, which have lasted anywhere...

Mildred Hall School has been recognized by NorthwesTel for their efforts in collecting 867 phone books to be recycled.
MHS students put themselves above other schools by collecting the highest ratio of books to students...

Damage to a fibre optics line leading to Yellowknife is being blamed for last night's 'major disruption' in telecommunication services in the city and surrounding areas.
According to an early Thursday morning news release, service...

Darrell Chocolate's painting, Serene Fall Season, has been selected to be featured on the cover of NorthwesTel's NWT phone directory for the coming year.
Chocolate, originally from Gameti and now Yellowknife resident of 13 years,...